Projektnummer

0056183

Zusammenfassung

The objective of this reintegration project is to establish an electrophysiological laboratory in the Institute of Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences in Yerevan, Armenia. The PI Dr. V. Vardanyan received his Ph.D. and worked as a postdoctoral scientist in the Center of Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH) in Hamburg obtaining an excellent training in cellular physiology. His main topic was the study of the gating mechanisms of various types of ion channels. Accordingly, the study of the modulation of KCNQ1 channels by calcium ions is in the focus of his research. KCNQ1 channels b...